{"533021":{"#nid":"533021","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Students Will Participate in State Department Diplomacy Lab","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students have an opportunity to shape U.S. foreign policy as the Institute becomes a partner in the U.S. Department of State\u2019s Diplomacy Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELaunched by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in 2013, the Diplomacy Lab partners with universities across the nation, enabling the State Department to broaden its research base by tapping into faculty and student innovation related to foreign policy. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe think this is an exciting opportunity for Georgia Tech and, most importantly, our students,\u201d said Jarrod Hayes, an associate professor in the Ivan Allen College Sam Nunn School of International Affairs who co-headed the initiative to become part of the program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a chance for Georgia Tech to leverage its strengths in engineering, technology, and international affairs and policy to positively impact the work of the State Department and hence the lives of people worldwide,\u201d commented Professor Jonathan Colton, of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, a former State Department Jefferson Science Fellow and co-director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Diplomacy Lab. \u201cOur students will work in multidisciplinary teams on problems identified by the State Department. In addition to learning about the issues that face our diplomats, they will learn how to work with colleagues outside their majors.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnder faculty supervision, students will analyze these problems and develop potential solutions. State Department point-of-contacts (POCs) will provide guidance during the project throughout the semester. Students will present, either virtually or in person in Washington, D.C., products for achieving the State Department\u0027s goals. During final presentations, POCs will provide feedback to students on how the project\u2019s results were useful and preview how the results will inform the policymaking process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was among eight new partners announced by the State Department on May 5. Hayes and Colton spearheaded the application to join the Diplomacy Lab, with the support of Georgia Tech Provost Rafael Bras.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is proud to be in the company of other great universities as a partner institution to the U.S. Department\u0026nbsp;of State\u2019s Diplomacy Lab program,\u201d Bras said.\u0026nbsp;\u201cThe program is another example of\u0026nbsp;the significance of public-private partnerships\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;the potential they have for finding solutions to some of today\u2019s biggest challenges. Georgia Tech has some of the country\u2019s best and\u0026nbsp;brightest\u0026nbsp;students,\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;this partnership allows them to engage in practical research, inform the\u0026nbsp;policymaking process, and get extraordinary real-world perspectives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFaculty are currently bidding for State Department projects for the Fall 2016 semester. Typically interdisciplinary, the projects will be in classes in various units across the Institute and will be open to all students. However, the projects will be associated with specific faculty for specific classes, rather than open to students on a one-to-one basis.\u0026nbsp;A website is being developed \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.diplomacylab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ewww.diplomacylab.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E and should have more information available near the start of the semester. Interested students can talk with their professors to help create awareness of the opportunity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJuly 27 Update:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese four research projects have been selected by the State Department officials:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFacebook in the Kingdom of Wonder: Cambodian Youth and the Power of Social Media (Ellen Zegura, Computer Science)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELeveraging Bitcoin Technology for Better Foreign Assistance (Neha Kumar, INTA)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWhat\u0027s Better for Global Health? Multilateral Funding or Going in Alone? (Alberto Fuentes, INTA)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEconomic Factors of Violent Extremeism (Olga Shemyakina, ECON)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students have an opportunity to shape U.S. foreign policy as the Institute becomes a partner in the U.S. Department of State\u2019s Diplomacy Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech students have an opportunity to shape U.S. foreign policy as the Institute becomes part of an elite group of universities that are members of the U.S. Department of State\u2019s Diplomacy Lab."}],"uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-05-05 10:36:46","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:35","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"456341":{"id":"456341","type":"image","title":"Jarrod Hayes","body":null,"created":"1449256334","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:12:14","changed":"1475895199","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:19","alt":"Jarrod Hayes","file":{"fid":"203486","name":"jarrodhayesweb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jarrodhayesweb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jarrodhayesweb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":74937,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/jarrodhayesweb.jpg?itok=Svj_UnjL"}},"530081":{"id":"530081","type":"image","title":"Jonathan Colton","body":null,"created":"1461942000","gmt_created":"2016-04-29 15:00:00","changed":"1475895310","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:10","alt":"Jonathan Colton","file":{"fid":"88923","name":"colton_j_28889-app-18161_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/colton_j_28889-app-18161_1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/colton_j_28889-app-18161_1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1832215,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/colton_j_28889-app-18161_1_0.jpg?itok=txWB5rPj"}},"533281":{"id":"533281","type":"image","title":"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry","body":null,"created":"1462561200","gmt_created":"2016-05-06 19:00:00","changed":"1475895314","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:14","alt":"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry","file":{"fid":"89438","name":"john_kerry_official_secretary_of_state_portrait.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/john_kerry_official_secretary_of_state_portrait_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/john_kerry_official_secretary_of_state_portrait_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":77618,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/john_kerry_official_secretary_of_state_portrait_0.jpg?itok=DLumo83t"}}},"media_ids":["456341","530081","533281"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/prs\/ps\/2016\/05\/256901.htm","title":"May 5 Announcement from Diplomacy Lab"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/","title":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/","title":"George W. 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